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Our premium-quality canned sockeye features a firm texture, exceptionally fresh flavor, and loads of healthful omega-3s. The skin and small, soft bones in our delicious Traditional-style sockeye are fully edible and significantly enhance its flavor and nutrition. Our signature Wild Canned Sockeye is the finest quality canned salmon available, because we select fish of superior culinary quality. Sockeye salmon nutrition In addition to ample protein, Alaskan Sockeye salmon offers abundant omega-3s, as well as unrivaled levels of vitamin D and astaxanthin (as-tuh-zan-thin), a carotenoid-class red-orange pigment with rare antioxidant power. On average, Sockeye salmon provides these amounts of nutrients per 3 oz serving (click the Nutrition tab on this page to see the omega-3 levels per official serving size for this product): Omega-3s – About 997mg of omega-3 EPA+DHA, or 2 to 4 times more than the minimum daily EPA+DHA intake recommended by most world health authorities (250-500mg)). Vitamin D3 – About 585 IU in the optimal D3 form, which is more than most other fish, and more than any fortified food, approaching the child-to-adult US RDA of 600 IU. Astaxanthin – About 3.39 mg. This red-orange pigment is a carotenoid-class nutrient with unique health benefits.